Re: It's much easier to just blame it on laziness....
While the things you listed do have impacts on financial success they are not limiting if you don't have all of them. Look at Ben Carson. You would not say his mother was intelligent but she was smart. There is a difference. She was a single mom which many would consider a drawback from the parenting angle. His mom was at the poverty level. Outside of his mom the people around him were not positive role models. Race- I presume that you mean that being black holds you down. Opportunities during youth- he only had a mom who was strict and made him read two books a year. Quality of education availability- terrible during his youth.
The guy should be held up as one of this country's heroes. He beat the odds by hard work because of his mom and the capitalistic system that rewards hard work.
How about plumbers- I know a few rich ones. They work hard and become successful.
How about my dad. At age 33 he came to America legally from Hungary during a revolution against communism/socialism. He was and engineer who could not speak English. he immediately went to work sweeping floors. Before work he got up an hour every morning to study English and then after work he went to class to learn English. He could never prove that he had a degree so he initially earned less money then those with degrees. In the late 50's he saw adds for computer operators before the word computer was in the common vocabulary. He figured it out and was self taught. He became a computer expert and ran the department in short order. He wrote his own sine and cosine programs before they were comercially available. He wrote a drafting program before it was commercially available. He knew this was a great country and if you worked hard you could become financially prosperous. He knew Socialism was horrible and made everyone less productive. He knew that capitalism was great and made this country great. Not all people make it but the poorest in America are rich compared to many places in the world.
Hard work gets you places. Try it, you may like it.
Frankly your opinion is quite naive.....
While the things you listed do have impacts on financial success they are not limiting if you don't have all of them. Look at Ben Carson. You would not say his mother was intelligent but she was smart. There is a difference. She was a single mom which many would consider a drawback from the parenting angle. His mom was at the poverty level. Outside of his mom the people around him were not positive role models. Race- I presume that you mean that being black holds you down. Opportunities during youth- he only had a mom who was strict and made him read two books a year. Quality of education availability- terrible during his youth.
The guy should be held up as one of this country's heroes. He beat the odds by hard work because of his mom and the capitalistic system that rewards hard work.
How about plumbers- I know a few rich ones. They work hard and become successful.
How about my dad. At age 33 he came to America legally from Hungary during a revolution against communism/socialism. He was and engineer who could not speak English. he immediately went to work sweeping floors. Before work he got up an hour every morning to study English and then after work he went to class to learn English. He could never prove that he had a degree so he initially earned less money then those with degrees. In the late 50's he saw adds for computer operators before the word computer was in the common vocabulary. He figured it out and was self taught. He became a computer expert and ran the department in short order. He wrote his own sine and cosine programs before they were comercially available. He wrote a drafting program before it was commercially available. He knew this was a great country and if you worked hard you could become financially prosperous. He knew Socialism was horrible and made everyone less productive. He knew that capitalism was great and made this country great. Not all people make it but the poorest in America are rich compared to many places in the world.
Hard work gets you places. Try it, you may like it.
